Society & Culture - 23 November 2007

Does this explain why many of us are happy to drive our gas guzzlers to oblivion and pollute as much as we like, wage war like there's no tomorrow and elect a president who has driven the US foreign relations and economy down the deepest drain. After all it doesn't really matter if Jesus is about to whisk us all off to heaven in a couple of decades right?


Source: Sam Harris quoting a Gallup poll

"22% of Americans claim to be certain, literally certain that Jesus is going to come down out of the clouds sometime in the next 50 years. Another 22% think he probably will sometime in the next 50 years."

2007-11-23 20:50:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 20:48:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I need to write about how news programmes portray religious people as being out of touch with the modern world.
Can anyone give me some examples of this and off thier opinions on this (the more detail the better!)
thank you x

2007-11-23 20:47:38 · 6 answers · asked by Rachel 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Yup! I'm 46 again!

I'm a Sagittarian! November 24.

Do you read your horoscope every day, religiously, or at least on days when you come across it in a newspaper? Or never at all?

Luv ya!

Moose

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2007-11-23 20:44:13 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How much do you decorate your house/garden at christmas??

2007-11-23 20:43:57 · 10 answers · asked by LITTLE NUGGET 3 in Christmas

lo ciento chik, tengo sueno kiesas manana

2007-11-23 20:30:40 · 12 answers · asked by vananabanana22 2 in Languages

Bairns going missing, Eastern Europeans showing UK folk how job-searching is done (for, as we know...some have indeed forgotten), and slightly 'foreign' people being rounded up and charged - with one (as we know) being shot dead.
Our penchant for swiftly airing comments and verdicts in this 'free world' are admirable.
But wait...would we be as harsh to others on here if we were part of the media stories spread on populist front pages?

2007-11-23 20:27:20 · 2 answers · asked by nativexile 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

what is it's origin?

2007-11-23 20:26:33 · 3 answers · asked by kim n 1 in Languages

...As monoliths bashing & crashing against each other like Godzilla vs. Mothra they seem oddly unaware of thier similarities in wanting society with a moral compass, with children who learn morals, respect for elders, compassion for the downtrodden, etc....

Doesn't all this battling seem useless spent energy?

2007-11-23 20:18:14 · 7 answers · asked by morkmath 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you please go back and review my EDIT on your question concerning civil unions?

Thank you!

2007-11-23 20:15:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm curious as to how widely-spoken English is in Greenland, compared to Danish and, of course, Greenlandic. Some sources say it's widely spoken, while others seem to indicate that Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) and Danish have a far greater number of speakers. Surely the majority of Danes there would know English?

2007-11-23 20:13:10 · 4 answers · asked by gl.fraenzi 2 in Languages

i mean..im right now fourteen. and im just freaking out a bit..i have dreams about the earth blowing up...and human extinction..or one day im just going to end up being killed by a maniac...and im just..terrified. please help me..what can i do?

2007-11-23 20:08:23 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 20:07:54 · 6 answers · asked by jetadoremoon 1 in Languages

I posted a simlar question 5 hours ago, my nephew who is 6 would like a great present but I don't have any idea what to get him. I asking for your ideas. Please no video games, play stations or anything that relates to these items.

2007-11-23 20:07:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

just curious

2007-11-23 20:05:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For your consideration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL7jVv0KKl0

2007-11-23 20:04:30 · 19 answers · asked by Belzetot 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Anyone who tells me to get some clothes on is getting a nasty old thumbs down. My Avatar has on a bathing suit. Bugs Bunny has less clothes than my Avatar. What is the problem with you people?

2007-11-23 20:00:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 20:00:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i want to know about expression in english
like "what the hell" or "what the hell is going on up here"
do they mean bad things? or just a expression.
please tell me~ because i am considering if it means or it doesn't mean bad things.
and also this question.

be + past particilple.
i learned how use be + past particilple.
for example.
i was amazed.
he was flabbergasted.

my friend(he learned english for 5 years and his mother
has language academy but i learned english only for 1 year.)
said i cannot say that.

2007-11-23 19:59:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

i am a believer of god n my guardian saint is st michael, i believe and feel comforted by both the compassion of god and mother mary. i feel that our mother is real and is a pawn of gods mighty grace and compassion. People say that god despised people worshipping idols, isnt mary an idol? am i sinning against god. btw dont go about laughing at mary just state your point lets be mature abt this.

2007-11-23 19:58:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I went to church with my wife, and heard them singing that hymn; and as I listened to the lyrics, it suddenly hit me:

THIS WHOLE THING IS A BIG HELP.

Jesus is that great imaginary friend, for people who can't deal with stuff, and for people who understand what it's like not being able to deal with stuff, or for people who would like something better than reality to deal with, etc, etc.

Jesus is that great hope and wish -- and surely somewhere in their innermost souls they must realize it doesn't exist; but it's a nice thought, and something nice to sing about.

"In his arms he'll take and shield you..."

Question: Do you really need an imaginary friend?

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2007-11-23 19:57:35 · 11 answers · asked by 2.71828182845904 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am just curious and all are welcomed to leave their view point so:
1. no thumbing down others because
2. everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.
3. no obscene language though

Those who don't know him, i respect your opinions but please do NOT post them and thanks in advance everyone.

2007-11-23 19:52:49 · 9 answers · asked by bEiNg DiScIpLiNeD 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 19:45:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 19:45:40 · 21 answers · asked by cymry3jones 7 in Languages

This question is for those of any religion who believe in the survival of the soul after death. We know that memory can be destroyed through physical damage to the brain. We also know that who you are (personality, emotional self, moral sense) can be altered through damage or chemical changes. Therefore, what is it of whatever makes you into 'you' do you believe survives the physical death of the body?

2007-11-23 19:45:37 · 6 answers · asked by Bob C 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I saw a hoodie today at WalMart that had the crucified Jesus on it. He had the thorns in his head and blood running down his face. In all honestly to me it looked creepy and morbid.
Anyone actually wear this stuff?

2007-11-23 19:38:43 · 10 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

(For the purpose of this question, regard civil unions as completely equal to marriage in regarding to death, health, property, and tax benefits and rights).

A) An acceptable "starting point" toward complete and total gay marriage, ie, a victory, OR

B) A completely unacceptable "second-class citizen" ranking that should be avoided, nothing is acceptable except total equality. OR

C) Completely acceptable and would be fine if there were two systems, civil unions and marriage. OR

D) Other?

2007-11-23 19:38:04 · 9 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Do we live forever as a soul in heaven or are we born again into a new person? I'm scared of death I don't know what happens I'm confused. Could we be born into a starving kid in ethiopia, a rich kid in the suburbs, a dirt poor kid with no home??

2007-11-23 19:36:33 · 25 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-23 19:36:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This question is aimed for Protestants and other denominational groups (excluding Catholics and Orthodox people).

2007-11-23 19:29:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality